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Columbus, United States
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Columbus Crew Stadium
Home to the Columbus Crew MLS Soccer Club, and the first soccer specific stadium in modern American Major League Soccer. Also hosts big-name concerts.
A re-created 19th-century village next to the Ohio Historical Center.
The Continent
Whetstone Park
One of the largest public rose gardens in the U.S. with more than 12,000 rose specimens.
Campbell Mound State Memorial
20 feet high - 100 feet in diameter. Woodlands Period about 1,000 BC - 700 AD.
Five major exhibitions each year.
The zoo has a great collection of endangered species, including manatees, cheetahs, kangaroos and lowland gorillas. The Asia Quest exhibit has Siberian tigers, sun bears and Pallas cats.
Home to the Ohio State Fair. Each month, a variety of shows, expositions and competitions are held at the Ohio Expo Center, over 175 events per year that range from shopping for antiques to boxing.
Three days in early September. Music, events, shows, children's activities, and if you're lucky, you'll find a beer or six.
Factory tours every Tuesday and Thursday from 10AM-3PM. Shop open M-F 9AM-5:30PM, Sa 9AM-5PM.
The only manufacturer of metal whistles in the United States offers tours Tu and W through on-line reservations.
Located at a former limestone quarry in Hilliard, access is only available through registration.
Mediterranean fusion. Healthy, fresh, and priced well.
Indian cuisine, chicken tikka, chicken marsala, tandoori chicken, saag paneer, lamb bhuna. Children's menu; cocktails.
Northern Indian cuisine, chicken tikka, masala, lamb korma. Lunch buffet and dinner: daily. Cocktails. Entrees: $7.99-14.99. Their buffet is hard to beat.
Pad Thai, green curry. Lunch and dinner: daily. No children's menu. Cocktails. Entrees: $7.25-12.95.
Amish Kitchen cooking, good value, and unique shopping.
Easy access to downtown Columbus, shops, restaurants and movie theater within the area. Secure Online Reservations.
The Hawthorn Suites, Columbus West, is designed to make your stay more comfortable. Each tastefully appointed suite has a living room area which features a pull-out twin sofa sleeper, a television, an ergonomic chair and voice mail plus a work desk and data lamp.
Bed & Breakfast established in 1988 featuring a tropical aviary.
A high end shopping complex, with many luxury good stores.
A 980,000 square foot mall with over 120 stores and a food court.
Major highways include I-71 & Rte. 315 (north and south), I-70 & I-670 (east and west), and the outer-belt, I-270. US Routes 33, 23, and 40 also converge downtown.
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The COTA bus service, while not by any standard one of the greatest in the nation, can take you to most important places in the city, which should be about 5 blocks away from any conceivable location…
By foot
Northwest Columbus is largely suburban sprawl.
By taxi
From Columbus Int. Airport +1 614-239-TAXI.com/getting-to-from/taxis-rideshare Taxis are available in the ground transportation area of the terminal 24/7.
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